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My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4

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Post by embedding-shape »

asdff wrote: post #102
daymanstep wrote: post #83

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120Hz is absolutely a noticeable improvement over 60Hz. I have a 60Hz iPhone and a 120Hz iPhone and the 60Hz one is just annoying to use. Everything feels so choppy.

I can't tell at all when my mbp is in 120hz or 60hz. I tried to set up a good test too by scrolling really fast while plugging and unplugging the power adapter (which kicks it into high power 120hz or low power 60hz).

One of those things that some people notice, some people don't. I'm definitely in the camp where I feel differences between 120hz and 60hz, but I don't feel 60hz as choppy, and beyond 120hz I can't notice any difference, but others seemingly can. Maybe it's our biology?

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Post by Aloisius »

13415 wrote: post #36

After 18 years of Mac-abstinence, I just bought a MacBook Air and realized there is apparently no way to change the App Store language without changing region and payment method. WTF? That seems like the most basic thing one could imagine. What has happened to Apple?

I was able to switch the App Store language from English to Spanish by changing my primary language in System Settings > Language & Region > Preferred Languages.

It didn't require me to switch my region or payment method.

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Post by philsnow »

mastax wrote: post #75
dr_pardee wrote: post #42

> I still don’t like macOS and would prefer to run Linux on this laptop. But Asahi Linux still needs some work before it’s usable for me (I need external display output, and M4 support). This doesn’t bother me too much, though, as I don’t use this computer for serious work. “I don’t use this computer for serious work.” Dropped $3K on MBP to play around with. Definitely should have gotten MBA

He lives in Switzerland. $3K barely pays for a lunch and an espresso.

There's a reason the Zurich airport has a vending machine that sells slips of gold, platinum, and palladium

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Post by asdff »

brailsafe wrote: post #94
asdff wrote: post #82

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The type of person shelling out 3k for a computer is not running it until the wheels come off.

What does the purchase price have to do with it? Seems like it would entirely depend on circumstances and constraints, rather than cost, how long someone would run something

Tells me they are price insensitive and probably get a new computer every couple of years.

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Post by shwaj »

The part about noticing web pages loading (at most) 8ms faster due to the display is total nonsense. Many can notice the difference between 60 and 120Hz when scrolling, but definitely not for a page load. That’s less than 1/10th of the blink of an eye.

If page load seems noticeably faster, it’s far more likely that it’s simply a faster machine. Or imaginary.

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Post by Tagbert »

asdff wrote: post #104
dontlaugh wrote: post #98

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4K too, at anything over 15” or so. I’m always baffled people insist otherwise.

At the distance I look at my TV screen (about 7 feet from the couch) I can't make out the pixels of the 1080p screen. 4k is lost on me. 2020 vision but I guess that is not enough.

Resolution is much less important for video than it is for text and user interfaces.

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Post by killingtime74 »

13415 wrote: post #36

After 18 years of Mac-abstinence, I just bought a MacBook Air and realized there is apparently no way to change the App Store language without changing region and payment method. WTF? That seems like the most basic thing one could imagine. What has happened to Apple?

Why did you think Apple was user friendly or flexible...it's the Apple way or the highway. Most only stick around because of the currently superior hardware

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Post by willis936 »

philsnow wrote: post #134
mastax wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He lives in Switzerland. $3K barely pays for a lunch and an espresso.

There's a reason the Zurich airport has a vending machine that sells slips of gold, platinum, and palladium

I'm not sure what the actual reason is, but my first instinct is "tax evasion".

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Post by dmitrygr »

asdff wrote: post #101
dmitrygr wrote: post #79

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i use a matte screen protector on my iphone. without it, i can see pixels. with it, i cannot. no loupe, just my nearsighted eyes

You can see actual pixels on a retina iphone? That is remarkable eyesight. I could do it on old non retina iphones but not on retina models.

Kind of a cool thing about being nearsighted. Without glasses, I can get very close to things and still focus on them, i get to see very small details.
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